SBI PO RACE Syllabus for SBI Probationary Officer

The selection procedure will be based on two stages:

Written test

Group discussion & interview

Phase-I: The written test consists of two kinds of test. Those are objective test and descriptive test. The objective test will be held for 200 marks with 2 hours duration. The objective test consists of 4 

sections.

English language - 50 marksGeneral awareness, Marketing and computers - 50 marksData analysis and interpretation - 50 marksReasoning - 50 marks

The Descriptive test will be held for 50 marks with one hour to test the English language. In this

test candidates need to write comprehension, short precis, letter writing and essay for a given

topic.

Phase-II: The group discussion will be held for 20 marks after the interview will be held for

30 marks. The candidates who get pass mark in the written test will be called for group

discussion and interview.

General Awareness: Current Affairs with a special emphasis on Banking industry.

Questions are also been asked from geography, history, science, economics, sports, awards,

constitution, politics, history, culture etc.

Computers: Basic questions in MS Office suite, Windows, internet, operating systems,

computer networks, internet, E-commerce, the basic computer architecture, terminology, EFT

systems, acronyms. Take a look at current affairs on Computer area.

Marketing: Basics of Marketing, different types of marketing, Product, Product life cycle,

Product mix, consumer behaviour, Market segmentation, Marketing mix, Advertisement, Brand

etc.

English Language: Reading comprehension, Fill in the blanks, Finding grammatical

errors, Sentence completion, Rearrangement of Sentences, Cloze Test, Para jumbles ,

Synonyms and Antonyms, word formation etc

Data Analysis & Interpretation: Most of the questions are from graphs like Line

graph, bar diagram, pie chart, mixed graphs and tables. To solve these questions candidate

needs to be perfect of simplifications an arithmetic topics Average, Ratio & Proportion,

Partnership, Percentage, Profit & loss, Simple & Compound Interest, Time & Work, Time &

Distance, Mensuration. Questions will come from Permutation & Combination, Probability .

Reasoning(High level): Can be verbal and non verbal. Verbal includes classification,

analogy, decision making, word formation, series, decoding & coding, blood relation, symbol &

notation, Input & output, Syllogism, Puzzle Test, Statement & Assumptions, Statements &

Conclusion, Statements & Courses of actions, sitting arrangement and problem solving,. Non

Verbal includes Series Completion, Finding any missing figure and Classification.